This is the Serie C: Girone B season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Fermana or Mantova get that important first win?
Fermana form and stats
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Fermana have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost one.
Last season, Fermana's league statistics were 8 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Serie C: Girone B. Over these 27 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 33. Playing at home last season Fermana managed 2-7-5 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 19 conceded.
Mantova form and stats
It's a day of discovery for Mantova as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Mantova have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Mantova has scored 2 goals and conceded 3 times.
A job perfectly done for Mantova last season as they secured promotion from Serie D: Girone D. With a grand total of 14 wins, 9 draws and 1 defeat the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 6 were in away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() L. Cognigni 4 goals | ![]() S. Neglia 3 goals |
Fermana missing players
Mantova missing players
| Fermana | Mantova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Fermana | Last season | Mantova | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 24 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Scored | S | 27 | 59 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 59% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 30% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 75% | ||
| 11% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 50% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 29% | ||
| 44% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 85% | 83% | ||
| 26% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 17% | ||
| 33% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 203 | 119 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 155 | ||
| 77 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 63 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Legnago Salus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Vis Pesaro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Arezzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Calcio Padova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Carpi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Cesena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Fano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FeralpiSalò | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Fermana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Gubbio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Imolese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mantova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Matelica Calcio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Modena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Perugia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ravenna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Sambenedettese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Südtirol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Triestina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Virtus Verona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vicenza | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 29 | 61 |
| 2 | Reggiana | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 45 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 55 |
| 3 | Carpi | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 53 |
| 4 | Südtirol | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 48 |
| 5 | Padova | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 44 |
| 6 | FeralpiSalò | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Piacenza | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 8 | Triestina | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Modena | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Sambenedettese | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Fermana | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 33 |
| 12 | Virtus Verona | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | -2 | 32 |
| 13 | Cesena | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -9 | 30 |
| 14 | Gubbio | 27 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 28 |
| 15 | Vis Pesaro | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -15 | 28 |
| 16 | Ravenna | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -16 | 27 |
| 17 | Imolese | 27 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -15 | 23 |
| 18 | Union ArzignanoChiampo | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 22 |
| 19 | Fano | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -18 | 21 |
| 20 | Rimini | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -18 | 21 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mantova | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 59 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 28 | 51 |
| 2 | Fiorenzuola | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 44 |
| 3 | Correggese | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 41 |
| 4 | Calvina | 25 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Lentigione | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | Cavenago Fanfulla | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Mezzolara | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | Forli | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Adrense | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 31 |
| 10 | Breno | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Sasso Marconi Zola | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 25 | -2 | 29 |
| 11 | Sasso Marconi | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 24 |
| 12 | Vigor Carpaneto | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 29 |
| 13 | Progresso | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 29 |
| 14 | Sammaurese | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Crema | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Pol. Ciliverghe Mazzano | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 25 |
| 17 | Alfonsine | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -18 | 22 |
| 18 | Savignanese | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -14 | 21 |